Two brutal killings, less than three months apart, in New York State’s prison system raised troubling questions: Had other ...

A federal judge took the rare step last week of concluding an incarcerated, self-represented plaintiff should be compensated $10,000 by the U.S. government for a prison guard’s unwarranted use of ...

Footage of guards punching, choking and stomping Robert L. Brooks ignited an outcry. One was found guilty of murder on Monday. For two others, the gamble of going to trial paid off with acquittals. By ...

A federal judge took the rare step last week of concluding an incarcerated, self-represented plaintiff should be compensated $10,000 by the U.S. government for a prison guard’s unwarranted use of ...

A judge has approved the death sentence for a man convicted of killing a prison guard in Somerset County. Sgt. Mark Baserman, 61, was punched repeatedly and kicked in the head in 2018 by inmate Paul ...

Prison Guard Murder Conviction Highlights Need for Large-Scale Reform In response to the Oct. 20 verdict finding a state corrections officer guilty of murder and other related incidents, trial ...

Utica, N.Y. — Four state corrections officers pleaded guilty Monday in a Utica courtroom in the fatal beating of an inmate last year at a Central New York prison. The corrections officers had been ...

UTICA, N.Y. — Deliberations will continue Monday in the trial of three former prison guards charged with second-degree murder in the death of Robert Brooks. Thursday marked the first full day of ...